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020			_a9780191945625 _qelectronic book _z9780192855466 _qprint
040			_aUK-OxUP _beng _cUK-OxUP _erda _epn
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100	1		_aKoivisto, Ida _eauthor
245	1	0	_aThe Transparency Paradox _helectronic _cIda Koivisto
250			_aFirst Edition
264		1	_aOxford _bOxford University Press _c2022
300			_a240 p _bAll black and white images
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aOxford scholarship online
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aTable of Contents: PART I:THE OPACITY OF TRANSPARENCY – 1. The Era of Transparency – 2. Transparency as a Medium – 3. The Eye of the Beholder – PART II:THE PROMISE OF TRANSPARENCY – 4. Transparency and Social Life – 5. Transparency and Power – 6. Transparency and Law – PART III:THE REALITY OF TRANSPARENCY – 7. The Discursification of Transparency – 8. The Future of Transparency: From Representation to Simulation? – 9. The Truth-Legitimacy Trade-off – References – Index
520	3		_aThe book provides a compact theoretical account of the hidden functioning logic of the ideal of transparency. Transparency as a concept has become hugely popular in legal discourse and beyond. The book argues that there are underlying optical, conceptual, and social reasons why transparency makes sense to us: it promises immediate seeing and understanding. That is why it can form a powerful metaphor of controllability: in the state, for example, the governed are able to monitor the inner workings of the governor through transparency practices. The modern push for transparency is premised on the notion that the truth about governance is key to its legitimacy, and transparency can provide legitimacy through access to truth. The book argues that this premise is false. Instead of accessing legitimacy by providing truth, transparency is labelled by either or logic, which is referred to as ‘the truth-legitimacy trade-off’ in the book: transparency can provide either truth or legitimacy. Through this argument, the book questions the neutrality promise vested in transparency and claims that transparency is primarily a tool for creating appearances. The book consists of nine chapters divided into three parts: The Opacity of Transparency, The Promise of Transparency, and The Reality of Transparency. It combines legal and policy themes and research with interdisciplinary inputs, such as social philosophy and cultural and media studies, contributing to the growing literature on critical transparency studies.
650	0	0	_atransparency, metaphor, _xpower, democracy
776	0	8	_iPrint Version _z9780192855466
830		0	_aOxford Academic
856	4	0	_3Oxford Academic _uhttps://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192855466.001.0001
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